Improvement in harness-rosettes



F. REYNoLn & G. ZAHN.

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFICE.

FREDRICK REYNOLD AND GEORGE ZAHN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-ROSETTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,497, dated J aunary 18, 1876; application filed December 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRICK REYNoLn and GEORGE ZAHN, both of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Rosettes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature and character of this invention are fully shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- 1 Figure l is a top or plan View, Fig. 2 a sectional View, and Fig. 3 a side view, of a rosette embodying our improvements, Fig. 4 being a modified form of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Our invention consists in certain improvements in the method of constructing a rosette, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The top plate Ais struck up in the usual manner from thin sheet metal, having the central portion removed, the outer rim or margin forming a plain or scalloped border around the rosette, as shown and indicated in Fig. 1. The bottom plate B, which constitutes a part of our invention, and has the central portion removed, the object of which will be set forth, is also struck from thin sheet metal, and is provided with recesses a, in which the ends of the shank or loop 0 fit, and are soldered fast therein.

That portion of the rosette which intervenes between the said top and bottom plates is composed of patent japanned or enameled leather, or other cheap flexible material, and wire-cloth. The former, D, constitutes the outer part, and the latter, E, the back, which forms a stiffening or support to the leather, 860., and also affords a ready and convenient means for securing any ornament, letter, or monogram, which may be placed upon the outside, as the shank c of such ornaments, &c., can be inserted through the leather and wire-cloth, and clinched thereon, as shown, thereby avoiding the necessity of drilling .or punching holes through the metal back plate, as is ordinarily the custom, and for which purpose the central portion of said back plate is removed.

The back edge of the top plate (after the leather and wire-cloth have been placed in position, and the back plate placed thereon) is bent over the latter, thus firmly and securely inclosing the intermediate parts between said top and back plates, all as shown.

What we claim as new is-- Aharness-rosette, composed of the top plate A, back or bottom plate B, having its central portion removed, and provided with recesses a, adapted to secure the shank O, the intermediate flexible filling D, and Wire-cloth E, combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we hereto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRIGK REYNOLD. GEO. ZAHN. Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, J. G. TUNBRIDGE. 

